Back in 2023, I decided to start a collection of short stories in varying genres with dozens of new, fun, intriguing characters, and in my very first effort, I came across a young wizard taking on the greatest challenge of his time — The Duel of Fates, the ultimate battle against the ultimate foe, a terrifying dragon named Valkath the Inferno.
I had an unexpected amount of fun with Gaius and his story, told in three parts (linked below), and I’ve already come up with a follow-up story for Gaius because I think he deserves one. I hope you think so, too. I’ve never written comedy before, and there are parts of this story that make me laugh every time I read them.
Here are the installments, each of them here on Substack for free:
Gaius Darkspell and the Duel of Fates (Pt 1)
Gaius Darkspell and the Duel of Fates (Pt 2)
Gaius Darkspell and the Duel of Fates (Pt 3)
The next Gaius story is going to be a heist story because I wanted to get him into a bit of a pickle with all of his friends after stealing the Sapphire of Regret. I also wanted to go back before this fated duel and take us to the moment Gaius and Valkath first cross paths. I’ll start working on it soon, but I hope you enjoyed Gaius enough to come back.
If you want to know more about “Instructions for Strange Desires,” you can follow the link in the title here.
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